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Type 2 diabetes constitutes around 90% of diabetes in the world. While we do not have any control over Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes is mostly caused due to lifestyle factors such as poor diet, low physical activity, high BMI, and environmental hazards. Most of these factors can be eliminated by proper monitoring and discipline. And that is how nowadays health experts talk about diabetes reversal or putting diabetes into remission.
Apart from medications and introducing lifestyle changes like a proper nutrient-rich diet and daily physical activity, health care experts nowadays also take the help of the latest technology to keep poorly managed diabetes in control. The aim of current research and innovation in the field of diabetes is to enhance management as well as treatment so that a potential cure for the disease is discovered.
Implantable devices
One of the latest technological aids that have helped in the management of diabetes is wearable and implantable devices. These devices help track insulin release and have emerged as one of the most helpful advancements in the management of diabetes. The wearable devices are convenient and ensure the right tracking of blood sugar levels thereby helping the patient improve his diabetic condition.
Insulin pump
Insulin pumps are small devices that keep on delivering insulin supply rapidly and continuously with the help of a catheter that is placed under the patient’s skin. This particular pump is so designed that it keeps on administering the precise dosage of insulin all through the day the way a healthy pancreas naturally delivers insulin into the body.
A few products in this category also come with additional features such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) that keeps on providing real-time data related to the levels of blood sugar in the body.
Closed-loop insulin delivery system
The latest technology-aided implantable devices like closed-loop insulin systems automate insulin delivery as per the glucose levels. Such devices have an assembly of small machines like a CGM sensor, a control algorithm that monitors blood sugar levels and accordingly delivers insulin and an insulin pump.
Some of these devices have such a high level of technology that the algorithms in them also predict future blood sugar levels by analysing past and present trends and patterns and accordingly offer personalised suggestions for adjusting insulin dosage or even the dosage of lifestyle medications.
